Carter Page: Obama’s FBI, DOJ May Have Spied On Trump Admin, Not Just Campaign

1. However, as former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy explained, once the government obtains a FISA order on a target’s “phone or his communication devices, [such as], emails, text accounts and the like, you not only get the forward-going communications, you get whatever stored communications are on his system.” That means the FISA order allowed the FBI to obtain past communications between Page and Trump campaign officials, including the head of Trump’s campaign, Bannon.
2. But Page went further, telling The Federalist “that whole ‘he already left the campaign’ facade (the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and many other usual suspects use it all the time), is entirely incorrect anyway.” He stayed in touch with members of the campaign team through the election, transition, and later during the Trump administration, Page explained.
3. Recent statements to The Federalist from former Donald Trump campaign advisor Carter Page suggest the Obama administration, and later career Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation employees, used the Page surveillance orders to spy, not just on the Trump campaign, but also on the Trump transition team and the Trump administration.
4. The media has long downplayed the significance of the FISA surveillance orders by stressing that Page was no longer connected to the Trump campaign when the FISA court issued its first order in October 2016.
5. Kessler’s article stressed the timing of the FISA surveillance order a second time, noting that “other than the contact with Halper, which Page described as inconsequential, the FBI’s surveillance of Page came after he left the campaign in late September” (emphasis added).

https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/21/carter-page-obamas-fbi-doj-may-spied-trump-admin-not-just-campaign/